The Melodic Blue
by Baby Keem
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Sep 10, 2021
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 62 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 62
  3. Negative: 0 out of 62
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  1. BigDJohnWick
    Nov 11, 2021
    4
    This album is extremely lackluster production-wise, the surface-level trap beats are largely utilized on this project, melodies unfortunately don't hit. Keem has potential if he uses his voice and flow to his advantage, but for now, he has some work to do.
  2. veljko_
    Jan 9, 2022
    6
    Baby Keem showed a lot of potential on this album and I believe that he is capable to make an amazing project in the future, but this one was too inconsistent to be considered great.

    best tracks: family ties ft. Kendrick Lamar and 16
    worst track: gorgeous

    rating: 6.1
  3. garfield7081
    Mar 25, 2022
    6
    baby keem is a very talented artist that can evolve into something more. for the time being, he shows spurts of greatness while being dragged down by questionable production choices

    best song: family ties

    worst song: range brothers
  4. Eddie0108
    Oct 30, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a good album, but I think he could have exploited the sounds much better considering the production company he worked with.… Expand
  5. Diego_19
    Jan 31, 2023
    6
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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. AllMusic
    Dec 22, 2021
    60
    Keem is a necessary, forward-thinking presence in the rap zeitgeist -- but The Melodic Blue is a set of variables and experiments, not the game-changer he's capable of producing.
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  2. The Guardian
    Dec 16, 2021
    100
    There are so many incredible hooks in different modes of catchiness: Drakeian crooning (Lost Souls, Scars), Young Thug or Future-style Atlantan fantasias (Cocoa), Mo Bamba-ish lairy taunting (South Africa), and even the monotone syllables of “du-rag ac-tivity” are a minimalist earworm. Baby Keem is marked for greatness.
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  3. The Guardian
    Dec 16, 2021
    100
    There are so many incredible hooks in different modes of catchiness: Drakeian crooning (Lost Souls, Scars), Young Thug or Future-style Atlantan fantasias (Cocoa), Mo Bamba-ish lairy taunting (South Africa), and even the monotone syllables of “du-rag ac-tivity” are a minimalist earworm. Baby Keem is marked for greatness.
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